What does Madame Defarge represent in a tale of two cities?
Possessing a remorseless bloodlust, Madame Defarge embodies the chaos of the French Revolution. The initial chapters of the novel find her sitting quietly and knitting in the wine shop. However, her apparent passivity belies her relentless thirst for vengeance.
What does Madame Defarge believe her husband’s weakness?
Madame Defarge is eager to kill them, since they are related to Darnay and the Evrémonde family. She knows her husband has affection for Manette and Lucie and sees Monsieur Defarge’s ability to feel empathy for others as a weakness.
What does the last line of the tale of two cities mean?
By having Carton predict a future where his sacrifice will allow those “for which I lay down my life [to be] peaceful, useful, prosperous, and happy” and where France will be restored to peace and order, the novel ends with a sense of optimism rather than crushing defeat.
What Madame Defarge says is the cause of her hatred of the Evrémondes?
Madame Defarge intensely despises the aristocracy because she blames it for the deaths in her family. Defarge’s sister was raped by the Marquis de Evremonde in her youth, a crime that resulted in both her father and brother’s deaths because of their respective grief and quest for revenge.
Why was Mme Defarge stopped by Miss Pross?
After calling for Lucie and the Doctor, Madame Defarge suspects that they have fled and tries to enter the room that Miss Pross is blocking. The two women struggle and Madame Defarge pulls out a gun. Miss Pross strikes it aside and the gun goes off, killing Madame Defarge and permanently deafening Miss Pross.
Who said the best of times and the worst of times?
Charles Dickens
These words published in 1859 by the great author Charles Dickens describe perfectly what it’s like living and working through a pandemic (and now protests and unrest).
What is Madame Defarge’s plan and what does Defarge think of it?
What is Madame Defarge’s plan and what does Defarge think of it? To kill Dr. Manette, Lucie, and little Lucie. He does not agree with it.
Why is Madame Defarge intent on getting revenge?
Madame Defarge reveals that she is the younger sister of the peasant woman who was raped by the Evrémondes and demands vengeance for the murder of her entire family. Defarge, however, believes the killing should be limited.
What kind of lady was Madame Defarge?
Madame Thérèse Defarge is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. She is a ringleader of the tricoteuses, a tireless worker for the French Revolution, and the wife of Ernest Defarge.
What are Defarge and Defarge arguing over?
153. What are Madame Defarge and Defarge arguing over? Weather or not not they should also denounce Lucie, her daughter, and Dr. Manette for signaling the enemy during the war.
What is the last line in a tale of two cities?
“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” The final line of A Tale Of Two Cities is one of the most celebrated in literature.